"Lynch's expedition—and he was the driving force—is a story worth telling and sharing. Clark's book chronicles well their considerable travails on land and sea. She also puts the expedition into the wider context of American history and provides information on previous attempts to study the Dead Sea and figure out the sea level. Given that the Dead Sea is currently ... Read moredisappearing at the rate of one meter per year, the documentation of Lynch and his team provides important benchmarks and data to stand as witness to the sea's conditions before this depletion began."—Barbara A. Porter, director of the American Center of Oriental Research, Amman, Jordan Show Less